Spokesman for the firefighters Pawel Fratczak said Friday that teams were also called to secure torn-off roofs and help clear snow from roads.
A bout of winter weather hit Poland late Thursday and continued overnight. Forecasts say this weather, typical for winter season in Poland, will continue for a few days.
"The snow that came down is wet and there is a lot of it and that makes branches break and fall down, posing a threat to cars and pedestrians," Fratczak said.
A fallen tree was blocking the tracks of commuter trains south of Warsaw.
Heavy snowfall cuts power, fells trees that block roads
02 December 2016
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Technicians are working across Poland to restore power to some 180,000 households and to unblock roads and railway tracks after heavy snowfall and wind broke power lines and felled trees.
